diff --git a/redbot/core/utils/menus.py b/redbot/core/utils/menus.py
index 164596d67..5c01423da 100644
--- a/redbot/core/utils/menus.py
+++ b/redbot/core/utils/menus.py
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ async def menu(
             view._source = _SimplePageSource(pages)
         new_page = await view.get_page(page)
         view.current_page = page
+        view.timeout = timeout
         await view.message.edit(**new_page)
         return
     if not isinstance(pages[0], (discord.Embed, str)):
@@ -137,12 +138,12 @@ async def menu(
         # This is not normally the way we recommend sending this because
         # internally we already include the emojis we expect.
         if controls == DEFAULT_CONTROLS:
-            view = SimpleMenu(pages)
+            view = SimpleMenu(pages, timeout=timeout)
             await view.start(ctx)
             await view.wait()
             return
         else:
-            view = SimpleMenu(pages)
+            view = SimpleMenu(pages, timeout=timeout)
             view.remove_item(view.last_button)
             view.remove_item(view.first_button)
             has_next = False